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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. Arrangement of music for a combined number of instruments.
Septet
Progression
Galliard
Instrumentation
2. Two or more voices or instruments playing the same note simultaneously.
Chamber music
Vibrato
Unison
Polyphony
3. A song of praise and glorification. Most often to honor God.
Gavotte
Hymn
Piano
Opera
4. Indicating speed.
Staff
Deceptive cadence
Pentatonic Scale
Tempo
5. The unit of measure where the beats on the lines of the staff are divided up into two - three - four beats to a measure.
Scale
Glissando
Measure
Trio
6. A piece of music played at the end of a recital responding to the audiences enthusiastic reaction to the performance - shown by continuous applause.
Chant
Encore
Pitch
Relative major and minor
7. A song of praise and glorification. Most often to honor God.
Atonal
Hymn
Impromptu
Homophony
8. A composition written for a solo instrument. The soloist plays the melody while the orchestra plays the accompaniment.
Encore
Baroque
Concerto
Virtuoso
9. Short movement or interlude connecting the main parts of the composition.
March
Deceptive cadence
Virtuoso
Intermezzo
10. Originally an improvised cadence by a soloist. Later it became a written out passage to display performance skills of an instrumentalist or performer.
Polytonality
Cadenza
Da Capo
Encore
11. A short piece originally preceded by a more substantial work - also an orchestral introduction to opera - however not lengthy enough to be considered an overture.
Parody
Instrumentation
Prelude
Opus
12. A composition written for eight instruments.
Octet
Whole-tone scale
Waltz
Recapitulation
13. Dull - monotonous tone such as a humming or buzzing sound. Also a bass note held under a melody.
Hymn
Refrain
Drone
Homophony
14. A composition written for three voices and instruments performed by three people
Portamento
Trio
Romantic
Espressivo
15. Where the musical themes and melodies are developed - written in sonata form.
Development
Orchestra
Partita
Progression
16. An important characteristic of the Romantic period. It is a style where the strict tempo is temporarily abandoned for a more emotional tone.
Rubato
Deceptive cadence
Fourth
Legato
17. A piece of music written for two vocalists or instrumentalists.
EnharmonicInterval
Romantic
Fifth
Duet
18. One of the two modes of the tonal system. The minor mode can be identified by the dark - melancholic mood.
Partita
Intonation
Form
Minor
19. A musical composition that has a romantic or dreamy character with nocturnal associations.
Concerto
Nocturne
Musette
Treble
20. A piece of music written in triple time. Also an old French dance.
Conductor
Quadrille
Courante
Suite
21. Suite of Baroque dances.
Leading note
Partita
Refrain
Clavier
22. A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.
Opus
Modes
Choir
Accelerando
23. A composition written for three voices and instruments performed by three people
Etude
Rondo
Gavotte
Trio
24. The highest female voice.
Leading note
Gavotte
Soprano
Impromptu
25. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played.
Key signature
Sonatina
Glee
Quintet
26. A dance written in triple time - where the accent falls on the first beat of each measure.
Waltz
Octave
Overture
Clef
27. A symbol in sheet music a direction to play energetically.
Tempo
Madrigal
Refrain
Energico
28. A style of male singing where by partial use of the vocal chords - the voice is able to reach the pitch of a female.
String Quartet
Clavier
Falsetto
Virtuoso
29. Groups of tones that are harmonious when sounded together as in a chord.
Rococo
Consonance
Recitative
Waltz
30. Elaborate polyphonic composition of the Boroque and Renaissance periods.
Dynamics
Quartet
Ricercar
Minor
31. A set of five musicians who perform a composition written for five parts.
Root
Castrato
Quintet
Slide
32. A lighthearted piece - written in several movements - usually as background music for a social function.
Serenade
Staff
Clavier
Key
33. The first tone of a scale also known as a keynote.
Pastoral
Clavier
Courante
Tonic
34. The principal note of a triad.
Orchestration
Root
Tone
Chant
35. Pertaining to the loudness or softness of a musical composition. Also the symbols in sheet music indicating volume.
Dynamics
Cadenza
Tonic
Conductor
36. A canon where the melody is sung in two or more voices. After the first voice begins - the next voice starts singing after a couple of measures are played in the preceding voice. All parts repeat continuously.
Part
Minor
Vivace
Round
37. A large group of instrumentalists playing together.
Pizzicato
Intermezzo
Cantabile
Orchestra
38. A 17th century dance written in Quadruple time - always beginning on the third beat of the measure.
Gavotte
Progression
Notation
Madrigal
39. An extended solo - often accompanying the vocal part of an aria.
Pitch
Medley
Obbligato
Rubato
40. A complex piece of music. Usually the first movement of the piece serving as the exposition - a development - or recapitulation.
Fugue
Overture
Sonata form
Triple time
41. Movement in music where the characteristics are crisp and direct.
Chord progression
Da Capo
Neoclassical
Virtuoso
42. One or more vocalists performing without an accompaniment.
Rubato
Tessitura
A cappella
Sonatina
43. An instruction in sheet music to play softly. Abbreviated by a 'p'.
Presto
Piano
Ensemble
Baroque
44. When several strings are tuned to harmonically related pitches - all strings vibrate when only one of the strings is struck.
Capriccio
Libretto
Pitch
Resonance
45. The intonation - pitch - and modulation of a composition expressing the meaning - feeling - or attitude of the music.
Libretto
Fermata
Piano
Tone
46. Either of the two octave arrangements in modern music. The modes are either major or minor.
Modes
Da Capo
Romantic
Atonal
47. A composition whose style is simple and idyllic; suggestive of rural scenes.
Chord progression
Pastoral
Intermezzo
Interpretation
48. The interval between two notes. Three whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.
Fifth
Staccato
Ligature
Cadenza
49. A hymn sung by the choir and congregation often in unison.
Madrigal
Chorale
Tune
Accelerando
50. A contrapuntal song written for at least three voices - usually without accompaniment.
Instrumentation
Exposition
Fermata
Madrigal